Hydroponic Cultivation Kit

Abstract

A hydroponic cultivation kit enables taking a plant seedling, intact in its planting soil, out of a growth pot and replanting it. Within a growth pot prepared in advance, a plant seedling or the like planted in soil is taken out of the growth pot together with the soil and cultivated in a culture solution. The hydroponic cultivation kit is furnished with: foam stone for surrounding the soil periphery of the plant taken out from the growth pot; a retaining mesh pot for retaining the plant with its soil periphery surrounded by the foam stone; and a buoyant member for floating the mesh pot in culture solution inside a water-tank unit. The mesh pot has perforations such as to prohibit the foam stone from passing through it, yet meanwhile permit passage of roots jutting out from the plant.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to hydroponic cultivation kits, and is especially suited as a hydroponic cultivation kit for home gardening.[0002]Hydroponic cultivation allows for easy observation of decorative as well as edible plants—of how they are being raised—and therefore the trend has been toward its adoption both as a pastime and for practical benefits. Devices for hydroponic cultivation include those that supply a culture solution directly to a cultivation tank, instead of storing it in a separate liquid reservoir, and dissolve in essential nutrients and adjust the preparation to a concentration suited to growing produce. With the cultivation tank alone being sufficient, making circulation pumps and plumbing unnecessary, this device is small-scale and simple, such as to be relatively easy to handle and therefore ideally suited to general home garden applications.[0003]With this type of hydroponic cultivation device, however, supply of the culture solution...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a hydroponic cultivation kit that allows for the safe and stable cultivation of plant seedlings without risking injury to the roots. The kit includes an encompassing material for surrounding the soil periphery of the plant, a retaining member for retaining the plant with its soil periphery surrounded by the encompassing material, and a buoyant member for floating the retaining member in a culture solution inside a water-tank unit. The kit also includes a hydroponic cultivation kit involving a second mode where the upper portion of the retaining member has perforations to allow for the passage of roots and a stop means for staying the buoyant member in the water-tank unit. The kit also includes a hydroponic cultivation kit involving a third mode where an air supply means for supplying air into the culture solution is provided and a hydroponic cultivation kit involving a fourth mode where the water-tank unit is enclosed in an opaque member. The kit also includes a hydroponic cultivation kit involving a fifth mode where a dual-split lid is used to cover the upper face of the retaining member and a soft block is provided to allow for the stalk of a plant to penetrate through it.

Problems solved by technology

Yet the fact that the plant seedling 9 is replanted upon taking it out of the growth pot 3a and stripping off all of the soil 3 clinging to its roots can end up injuring the roots.

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